Booker Prize (winners and shortlists)
Booker Prize Foundation, 1969-. A prize list. See the original list · Winners ranked by the lists
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Heat and Dust
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, 1975
On 1 of the 21 lists it was eligible for


How Late It Was, How Late
James Kelman, 1994
On 1 of the 20 lists it was eligible for









Something to Answer For
P. H. Newby, 1968
On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for


The Conservationist
Nadine Gordimer, 1974
On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for



The Finkler Question
Howard Jacobson, 2010
On 1 of the 15 lists it was eligible for




The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Shehan Karunatilaka, 2022
On 1 of the 12 lists it was eligible for

The Siege of Krishnapur
J. G. Farrell, 1973
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for




10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Elif Shafak, 2019
On 1 of the 13 lists it was eligible for



A Five-Year Sentence
Bernice Rubens, 1978
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

A Fraction of the Whole
Steve Toltz, 2008
On 1 of the 14 lists it was eligible for




A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki, 2013
On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for





An Instant in the Wind
André Brink, 1975
On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for


An Orchestra of Minorities
Chigozie Obioma, 2019
On 1 of the 12 lists it was eligible for



Astonishing Splashes of Colour
Clare Morrall, 2003
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

Beside the Ocean of Time
George Mackay Brown, 1994
On 1 of the 20 lists it was eligible for













Constance or Solitary Practices
Lawrence Durrell, 1982
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for



Daughters of the House
Michèle Roberts, 1992
On 1 of the 20 lists it was eligible for














Figures in a Landscape
Barry England, 1968
On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for




From Scenes like These
Gordon Williams, 1968
On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for






Gossip from the Forest
Thomas Keneally, 1975
On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for

Great Granny Webster
Caroline Blackwood, 1977
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for


His Bloody Project
Graeme Macrae Burnet, 2016
On 1 of the 14 lists it was eligible for



I'll Go to Bed at Noon
Gerard Woodward, 2004
On 1 of the 16 lists it was eligible for

If I Survive You
Jonathan Escoffery, 2022
On 1 of the 13 lists it was eligible for





In the Country of Men
Hisham Matar, 2006
On 1 of the 14 lists it was eligible for








Knowledge of Angels
Jill Paton Walsh, 1994
On 1 of the 20 lists it was eligible for







No Country for Young Men
Julia O'Faolain, 1980
On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for






Peter Smart's Confessions
Paul Bailey, 1977
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for





Rates of Exchange
Malcolm Bradbury, 1983
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for













Shadows on Our Skin
Jennifer Johnston, 1977
On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for


Silence among the Weapons
John Arden, 1982
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for



Solomon Gursky Was Here
Mordecai Richler, 1989
On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for


St. Urbain's Horseman
Mordecai Richler, 1971
On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for

Stone Yard Devotional
Charlotte Wood, 2024
On 1 of the 11 lists it was eligible for
Study for Obedience
Sarah Bernstein, 2023
On 1 of the 11 lists it was eligible for




The 27th Kingdom
Alice Thomas Ellis, 1982
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for

The Battle of Pollocks Crossing
J. L. Carr, 1985
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for


The Birds on the Trees
Nina Bawden, 1970
On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for




The Book of Evidence
John Banville, 1989
On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for



The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
Thomas Keneally, 1972
On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for


The Clothes on Their Backs
Linda Grant, 2008
On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for




The Deposition of Father McGreevy
Brian O'Doherty, 2000
On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for




The Electric Michelangelo
Sarah Hall, 2004
On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for

The Essence of the Thing
Madeleine St John, 1997
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for



The Gate of Angels
Penelope Fitzgerald, 1990
On 1 of the 20 lists it was eligible for






The Industry of Souls
Martin Booth, 1998
On 1 of the 20 lists it was eligible for

The Keepers of Truth
Michael Collins, 2000
On 1 of the 18 lists it was eligible for


The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, 2025
On 1 of the 10 lists it was eligible for







The Northern Clemency
Philip Hensher, 2008
On 1 of the 16 lists it was eligible for



The Redundancy of Courage
Timothy Mo, 1991
On 1 of the 20 lists it was eligible for
The Rest of Our Lives
Ben Markovits, 2025
On 1 of the 11 lists it was eligible for

The Restraint of Beasts
Magnus Mills, 1998
On 1 of the 20 lists it was eligible for


The Road to Lichfield
Penelope Lively, 1977
On 1 of the 19 lists it was eligible for









The Year of the Runaways
Sunjeev Sahota, 2015
On 1 of the 16 lists it was eligible for

This Mournable Body
Tsitsi Dangarembga, 2020
On 1 of the 10 lists it was eligible for


To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
Joshua Ferris, 2014
On 1 of the 15 lists it was eligible for







We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Karen Joy Fowler, 2013
On 1 of the 16 lists it was eligible for

We Need New Names
NoViolet Bulawayo, 2013
On 1 of the 14 lists it was eligible for


What's Bred in the Bone
Robertson Davies, 1985
On 1 of the 17 lists it was eligible for
The lists that agree with this one most
| List | Books in common |
|---|---|
| Costa (Whitbread) Novel Award (winners and shortlists) (Costa, 1971-2021) | 26 |
| The Big Jubilee Read (BBC Arts and The Reading Agency, 2022) | 21 |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 1996-) | 25 |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian, 2019) | 14 |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024) | 14 |

















































































































